"This approach becomes more important every day." Officials issue ban against concerning practice in one of world's most polluted bodies of water: 'Action must be taken' first appeared on The Cool ...

Advertisement -by Nancy Lavin, Rhode Island CurrentJuly 11, 2025 Steven Spielberg never made a cult-favorite thriller about the dangers of sewage-infested waters. But the amount of fecal matter ...

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A volunteer group is testing the Shark River to look for sources of bacteria pollution. Armed with info, they hope to restore ...

A month-long analysis of the Susquehanna River by the advocacy organization found high levels of E.coli across some 20 public water ... swimming, fishing or drinking. Agricultural runoff from large ...

Canada and the U.S. have long collaborated against pollution through binational programs like the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.

The world’s plastic pollution crisis, explained Much of the planet is swimming in discarded plastic, which is harming animal and possibly human health. Can plastic pollution be cleaned up?

Some fishers in Bamako, Mali’s capital, are raising concerns about dredging of the Niger River in search of gold. They say the combination of dredging and increasing plastic pollution is causing ...

York County officials report successful cleaner water efforts in Susquehanna River using advanced monitoring systems, leading to reduced pollution in Chesapeake Bay.

The number of affected drinking water systems grows with each update as the EPA adds more test results. See if your water utility made the list.

With the world facing a worsening water crisis, a huge public survey found that water pollution is the number one environmental issue for people globally, topping even climate change, and that there ...

Environmental advocates, including author Silas House, gathered to urge lawmakers not to pass a bill allowing more water pollution.